Therapeutic Use:

Indications for MYALEPT:

Adjunct to diet as replacement therapy to treat leptin deficiency complications in patients with congenital or acquired generalized lipodystrophy. Limitations of use: safety and efficacy for treating partial lipodystrophy complications, or liver disease, including nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) have not been established. Not for use in HIV-related lipodystrophy or metabolic disease, including diabetes mellitus and hypertriglyceridemia, without concurrent evidence of congenital or acquired generalized lipodystrophy.

Adults and Children:

Administer by SC inj same time every day into the abdomen, thigh or upper arm. Rotate inj sites. Dose may be decreased or increased based on clinical response. ≤40kg (males and females): initially 0.06mg/kg once daily; may adjust in 0.02mg/kg increments to max 0.13mg/kg/day. >40kg: initially 2.5mg (males) or 5mg (females) once daily; may adjust in 1.25–2.5mg increments to max 10mg/day. If discontinuing therapy in patients with pancreatitis risk, taper dose over one-week period, monitor triglyceride levels and consider initiating or adjusting dose of lipid-lowering drugs as needed.

Contraindications:

General obesity not associated with congenital leptin deficiency.

Boxed Warning:

Risk of anti-metreleptin antibodies with neutralizing activity. Risk of lymphoma.